Pinless diaper



Nov. 24, 1953 Filed D60. 11, 1952 10 3 Fig.1 17 51 Fig.2. 1521 17 K zo 1 .40 1 T F J IN V EN TOR. 7

Barbara B. Ti file W Patented Nov. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PINLESS DIAPER Barbara B. Tittle, South Bend, Ind.

Application December 11, 1952, Serial No. 325,300

I 2 Claims. (Cl. 128284) This invention relates to apparel and more particularly to a diaper for use upon infants and young babies. One object of the invention is to provide a diaper of such construction that it may be folded and applied to the baby without the use of pins or other detachable fasteners which are liable to injure the child.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which may be secured to an infant by means of snap-type fastening devices secured to resilient tapes which in turn are attached to a panel portion of the diaper, which portion with the engaging devices secured thereto will constitute one of the plies of a diaper and will also define the waist hole opening thereof, and said waist hole opening being made elastic by said resilient means, so that it never will be too tight around the infant and will permit a moving, breathing and bending of the infant without causing a feeling of tightness around the waist.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is provided with fastening devices that allow it to be adjusted to the size of the infant, and which are so designed and constructed as to greatly facilitate the putting on and taking off of the diaper with the least possible inconvenience to the infant, and which can be washed and dried easily and quickly.

Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described which can be made of inexpensive material, which is strong and will withstand fre quent washing, which may be readily run thru the rolls of a wringer without injuring the parts thereof, and which can be folded to convenient form to provide a plurality of plies for absorbing moisture and can be unfolded to a single ply.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing a preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the sheet from which the diaper is formed in a flat condition;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a pad formed by folding the sheet of Fig. 1 along transverse folding lines;

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the pad of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the pad of Fig. 3 folded along a folding line intermediate its ends;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the diaper as it appears when in use; and,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the diaper of Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My new and improved diaper is formed from an oblong sheet indicated in general by the numeral l which is preferably fabric but may be formed of any material desired. The sheet I is foldable preferably along transverse folding lines 3, 5 and 1 to form a pad (Figs. 2 and 3) consisting of a portion ll] folded upon a portion ll, upon which is folded a portion l2 and of a portion M folded upon the portion in. To opposite corner sections of the portion [2 of the sheet I are secured by stitching or the like a pair of resilient tapes l5, which laterally and outwardly extend therefrom. To the outer extremity of each tape [5 is secured by means of stitching or the like a strip l5 of fabric material or the like.

A longitudinal strip 26 of the same or of a similar material as the strips I? has its ends secured by means of stitching or the like to sections of the portion l2 near that edge thereof which is opposite to and parallel to the edge near to which the tapes l5 are secured. To the strips l1 and 2!} there are secured fastening devices Zl. I preferably provide two-piece snaps, one piece having a stud or post struck up from its center and the other piece a socket adapted detachably to engage said stud. Preferably a pair of socket snap pieces are provided at each strip 11, and four snap pieces having studs are provided at the strip '28 for allowing adjustment.

Before attaching the diaper to an infant the pad of Figs. 2 and 3 is folded along a folding line 23 to the formation shown in Fig. 4.. Thereupon the section provided with the parts l5 and I1 is placed on the back of the infant, and the section provided with the strip 29 at the front of the infant, with an intermediate section between the legs of the infant, and the fastening devices 2| are closed at the hips. Thus the parts I5, I! and 20 as well as the edge portions to which they are attached constitute a resilient, adjustable waist band of the diaper, and the other edges of the panel of Figs. 2 and 3 define leg holes.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter con tained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the followin claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pinless diaper comprising an elongated sheet portions of which are foldable upon themselves along transverse folding lines to form a pad consisting of various layers formed by the portions of said sheet, a pair of resilient members secured to one of said portions of said sheet at opposite corner sections thereof, a pair of first strips each of which has one end secured to one of said resilient members, a second strip having its ends secured to the aforementioned portion of said sheet in spaced relation to said resilient members, first fastening means provided at said first strips, and second fastening means provided at said second strip being adapted for detachably engaging said first fastening means, said pad being foldable intermediate its ends so that the section to which are secured said resilient means overlays the section to which said second strip is secured, said strips and said resilient means together with the panel edge portions to which they are secured and with said fastening means engaging each other constituting the waist band of the diaper, and the other edge portions of said panel defining the leg holes thereof.

2. A pinless diaper comprising an elongated sheet portions of which are foldable upon themselves along three transverse folding lines to form a pad consisting of a first portion of said sheet folded upon a second portion upon which is folded a third portion and of a fourth portion of said sheet folded upon said first portion, a pair of resilient tapes secured to opposite ends of a first edge section of the third portion of said sheet intermediate a pair of said folding lines, a pair of first strips each of which has one end secured to one of said resilient members, a second strip having its ends secured to a second edge section of the third portion of said sheet which second edge section is parallel to said first edge section, first fastening means provided at said first strips, and second fastening means provided at said second strip being adapted for detachably engaging said first fastening means, said pad being foldable intermediate its ends so that the section to which are secured said resilient tapes overlays the section to which said second strip is secured, said strips and said resilient means together with said edge sections constituting the waist band of the diaper when said first fastening means engage said second fastening means.

BARBARA B. TITTLE.

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